Gearing device for washing-machines and wringers.



I G. SEEDS. GEARING DEVICE FOR WASHING MACHINES AND W-RINGERS APPLICATION FILED DBO. 5, 1912.

1,1 1%830 Patented Sept. 15, 1914.

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flay I 1M0. I 22 BY flog/M ATTORNEY? G. SEEDS.

GEARING DEVICE FOR WASHING MACHINES AND WRINGERS.

' APPLIGAIION FILED DEG.5,1912.

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. QEGRG-E SEEDEJ, F NEWTON, IOWA, ASEIGNOR TO NEWTON DISG YLOW COMPANY, 01*

' NEWTON, IOWA, A CORTPQRATION 0F IGWA.

GEAEING DEVICE FOR VJ'ASHING-WACHINES AND \URINGERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 15, Italian.

' ilpplication filed December 5, 1912. Serial No. 335,137.

device an upright shaft in gear with a power shaft and provided with a gearing ClGVlCG for operating the wringer shaft in either direction and for operating from which the dolly is agitated.

A further object is to provide a bracket designed to be arranged beneath ,the tub and having horizontal bearings forsupporting both ends of thehorizontal' power shaft and a vertical bearing for upporting and mounting the lower end of t .e vertical shaft.

A further object is to provide a bracket upon the bodyof the tub to'which the tub coter is hinged, which bracket is provided with bearings for the vertical shaft and 'also for the horizontal shaft operatively connect-.

ed with thevertical shaft by which the dolly is agitated. a

A further object is to provide in such a device a bracket forming a bearing for the dolly shaft and provided with means for guiding a rack bar and with an extension and a bearing-thereon for hinging the cover to the body of the machine.

My invention consists in certain details, in the construction, arrangementand combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out igi my claims-and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a side elevation of a washingmachine and wringerequipped with my improved gearing device. Fig. 2 shows a top view of same. Fig. 3 shows an end elevation of same taken at right angles to the view shown in Fig; 1, and Fig. 4 shows a perspective view of one of the brackets.

a thi d h ft ot course, he understood that the shaft 19 j near one edge thereof, is a bracketfld, h 7mg near one end an upwardly ext;

secured to one end of the wringer 13.

.35, slidably mounted in bearings 36 on the In the accompanying drawings, 1 have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate .the tub body of. the washing machine which.

'inghorizontal bearings and ifi'in i with each other and provided with a vertic .a bearing 15. llotatably mounted in the lids lugs 15 and 16 is a horizontal shaft '18, one end of which is a belt pulley 19 design 7 to be connected with a primary source power, such as a gasolene engine. it will.

may be operated from an electric motor,

desired. Mounted upon the top ofv the tub body.

arm 21. The bracket extends ,beyond Ml tub body and is provided with a bearii 10% :5 in line with the hearing 1?. 'lliehra 20 is also provided with upward errtensir 23 and 24., forming bearings in line each other. Formed on the bracket Q0 still another extension 25 designed. to

vertical shaft 26 is rotatably mounted the bearings 17 and 22 and is provided its lower end with a beveled gear 27, while is in'mesh'with the beveled gear 28 on shaft 18.

Arranged at right angles. to the vertical. shaft 26 is horizontal shaft 29, rotatably mounted iii the bearing 23. @n one end of the shaft 29 is a crank wheel 30 formed on which lean. extended hubor sleeve 31. The hub or sleeve 31 is rotatably mounted in the bearing 24 and is loosely mounted the shaft 29. Formed on one, end of the hub 31 isaclutch member 32, designed to eoact with a clutch 33 which. is slidahly but, non-rotatahlymounted on the shaft 29. The clutch 33 is operatively connected'with a lever arm 3%l- Wi1lCll'lS fixed on the rod 1 ice hinged cover 12. v

Securedto the hinged cover-12* is a bracket 39 having an extension 40 which is pivotally connected with the upper end of the exten-' the dolly may be manually operated. The.

socket 47 is operatively connected with the rack bar 44 by means of parallel links 48 which are pivoted at their respective ends to the rack bar and to the socket 47. The rack bar is also pivoted to a link 49,. which is in turn pivoted ofi center to the crank wheel 30. On one end of the shaft 29 is a beveledgear5l which is in mesh with a beveled gear 52 on the vertical shaft 26. The portion of the bracket 20 is formed with an outward extension 50, forming a bearing for the shaft 26 in line with the bearing 22. Mounted on the shaft 26, above the bearing 50 is a beveled gear 53, formed on which is a clutch member 54. Mounted on the shaft 26, above the beveled gear 53 and spaced apart therefrom, is a beveled gear 55, formed on which is a clutch 56. Slidably, but non-rotatably mounted on the shaft 26, between the gears 53 and 55, is a double faced clutch member 57 operatively connected with which is a shifting arm 58 which is connected with. a rod 59. The lower end of the rod.59 ispivoted to a link 60 which in turn is pivoted to a horizontally mounted rod 61, on one end of which is ahandle 62. The beveled gears 53 and are in mesh with a beveled gear 63 on the end of one of the wringer shafts 64.

- The hinged cover 12 is pivoted to the ex- 'tension .21 of the bracket 20 at a point in line with the center of the shaft 29. The hub 31 of the crank wheel 30 is rotatably mounted on the shaft 29 and an extension 65 on the bracket 41 forms a bearing in which the hub 31 is journaled, thereby hinging the cover 12 to the shaft 29-. On account of the man nor in which the cover 12 is hinged to the tub body at points in line with the center of the shaft 29, it does not interfere with the rack bar 44 when the hinged cover is raised,- and I thereby avoid breaking any of the parts-should the hinged cover be raised when the dolly is being'operated.

The parts hereinbefore described are so constructed and arranged that their practical operation is as .follows: When power is applied to the pulley 19 and the shaft 18 is thereby operated, the shaft 26-is rotated. The beveled gears 52 and 51 being always in mesh, the shaft 29 will be rotated with-the shaft 18. The crank wheel 30, however, is

On the only rotated when the clutch member on the hub 31 is in mesh with the clutch member 33. The beveled gear wheels 53 and 55 arealways in mesh with the wheels 63 but the beveled gears 53 and 55 are loosely mounted on the shaft 26. The clutch 57 is so mounted that it may be held in neutral position or may be thrown into gear with either of the beveled gears 53 or 55, thereby turning the wringer shaft in either direction. It thus appears that the wringer shaft may be op erated in either direction and at the same time the dolly may be operated or not,'as

,may be desired. The gears from which the wringer shaft is operated, and from which the shaft 29 is operated, are all in line upon the same shaft, whereby I secure a very simple and strong construction. Special attention is called to theadvam tages of my improved brackets. The bracket 20 is formed with bearings whereby the shafts 29 and 26 are always held true and in proper adjustment with relation to each other. The bracket 14 forms both a support and a bearing for the shaft 26 and is such that the shafts 26 and 18 are always held in proper position with relation to each other.

The construction of my gearing and brack- .ets is simple and durable and a suitable casing may be readily rovided for the gears 51, 52, 53, 55 and 5f.

I claim as my invention: a

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a support, a hinged member thereon, a bracket provided with horizontal bearings in line with each other and with an extension, one end of which is in line with said horizontal bearings, with ad extension designed to form a support, with vertical hearings in line with each other, a bracket on said hinged member having an extension pivoted to the extension on said first bracket in line with said horizontal bearings, a sec- 0nd bracket on said hinged member forml 11-0 in a .vertical bearing and provided with guides for a rack bar, said second bracket on said hinged member being provided with an extension forming a bearing in line with the horizontal be'arings on said first bracket.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a support, a hinged member thereon, 'a bracket on said support, said bracket having formed thereon horizontal hearings in line with each other and having an extension, one end of which is in line with said horizontal bearings, a shaft mounted in said horizontal bearings, a crank wheel having an extended hub formed thereon loosely mounted on said horizontalshaft, a vertical shaft mounted on said support, abeveled gear on said vertical shaft,.a beveled gear on' said horizontal shaft in mesh with said first beveled gear, a bracket on said hinged mem ber pivoted to the extension on said first bracket, in line with said horizontal bearings, a second bracket on said hinged memnon rotatably and designed to coast with the her, said last named bracket being provided clutch member on said hub.

with guides having a rack bar and with an Des Moines, Iowa; November 2-2, 1912. extension forming a bearing for said hub, a

rack bar slidably mounted 1n said guides, 21 I i GEORGE SEEDS" link pivoted to saidfrack bar and to said Witnesses: crank Wheel, and a clutch member mounted FRED STINES,

on said second horizontal shaft, slidably but H. E. Govn. 

